campus · KY · last checked 13 September 2026

Paducah Site AI/HPC Innovation Campus

Lifecycle label: proposed; effective date not established Evidence: Independently source-linked Reuse: Reference only

Facts at a glance

Record ID: brookfield-paducah-site-ai-campus-ky
Record type: campus
Evidence confidence: high
DataCenterData’s confidence in this record’s sourced fields, not in the project
Developer: Brookfield
Operator: Brookfield
Owner: Owner of record not established
Tenant: Not named in the cited records
Capacity: 1.8 GW Company-announced design · campus scope
DOE describes a new 1.8 GW AI/HPC campus but does not label the figure critical IT load, gross facility load, approved utility service, measured load or current consumption. It is retained only as an announced campus design.
Location: KY
Approximate location — The announcement limits the location to portions of DOE's Paducah Site in western Kentucky. The federal site's proper name is not converted into a city, street address, county, parcel or coordinate.
Physical scale: Unknown. The announcement provides no data-center building count, floor area, site acreage or parcel boundary. The announced investment and job estimates are not physical scale.

What the sources support

The U.S. Department of Energy's July 29, 2026 announcement establishes a partnership and says Brookfield was selected to develop and operate a data center campus on portions of the Paducah Site. It does not say campus construction started, and the power-service agreement remained subject to Kentucky Public Service Commission approval. The expected 2031 completion is a forecast.

Definitions: record units · roles · capacity boundaries · lifecycle stages.

What remains unknown

street address
parcel
city and county situs for the selected campus portions
coordinates
data-center land or building owner
tenant
critical IT capacity
gross facility load
approved utility-service amount
measured load
Kentucky PSC case number and decision
building count or floor area
construction-start evidence
completion or opening evidence

Sources

Energy Department Announces Partnership to Expand Reliable, Affordable Energy Access and Power America's AI Future in Western Kentucky →Gov. recordgovernment · published 29 July 2026 · retrieved 2026-09-13

Exact location Opening paragraph; ratepayer-protection paragraph; participant-selection paragraph; final construction-forecast sentence

What it supports Campus proposal and Paducah Site location boundary; Brookfield's selected future developer/operator roles; announced 1.8-GW AI/HPC campus design; separate generation and storage roles; pending PSC approval; forecast 2031 completion.

Sourced classifications

Only values a cited source states for this site are shown; every other dimension is unknown. These are not national shares or rankings.

Workload: AI or high-performance computing campus scope · official source · moderate confidence
“NextEra Energy plans to develop 2 gigawatts (GW) of new grid-connected natural gas-fired generation, upgrade existing transmission infrastructure, and deploy up to 2.6 GW of battery energy storage to support a new 1.8 GW artificial intelligence and high-performance computing (HPC) innovation campus.” — Energy Department Announces Partnership to Expand Reliable, Affordable Energy Access and Power America's AI Future in Western Kentucky, Article body, third paragraph ('At or near the Paducah campus…'), retrieved 24 September 2026
Not established: That any AI/HPC workload runs today (construction expected to complete 2031); tenants; that the 1.8 GW design is built.
Power source: Utility grid service campus scope · official source · moderate confidence
“Jackson Purchase Energy Cooperative will provide retail electric service” — Energy Department Announces Partnership to Expand Reliable, Affordable Energy Access and Power America's AI Future in Western Kentucky, Article body, paragraph beginning 'in November 2025, Brookfield was selected', retrieved 24 September 2026
Not established: Whether the NextEra gas and battery resources are on the campus or behind the meter ('at or near', 'grid-connected'); approval; energization.
Power counterparty: Jackson Purchase Energy Cooperative — Serving utility (agreement planned) campus scope · official source · moderate confidence
“Big Rivers Electric Power Corporation will provide wholesale electric service, Jackson Purchase Energy Cooperative will provide retail electric service, and Paducah Power System will serve as a community partner.” — Energy Department Announces Partnership to Expand Reliable, Affordable Energy Access and Power America's AI Future in Western Kentucky, Article body, paragraph beginning 'in November 2025, Brookfield was selected', retrieved 24 September 2026
Not established: Kentucky PSC approval (the next sentence says the power service agreement remains subject to approval by the Kentucky Public Service Commission); contracted or delivered MW; energization.

Record history

Record history · 29 July 2026 · DataCenterData review

brookfield-paducah-site-ai-campus-ky → Record

Why DOE announced the Paducah partnership and participant selections; the power-service agreement remained subject to Kentucky PSC approval.

Evidence No additional evidence link; see the linked record or claim.

DataCenterData record added · 13 September 2026 · DataCenterData review

brookfield-paducah-site-ai-campus-ky → Publication

Why Added as one proposed campus; the 1.8 GW remains an announced design figure and separate generation and storage figures were excluded.

Evidence No additional evidence link; see the linked record or claim.

Recorded information

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Reviewed record `brookfield-paducah-site-ai-campus-ky`

Campus · Brookfield. Independently reviewed record. Values are shown with their recorded basis.

Location and precision

Shown above in Facts at a glance.

Roles

Shown above in Facts at a glance.

Lifecycle

Recorded status: proposed

Area, acreage and buildings

Shown above in Facts at a glance.

Power capacity

Shown above in Facts at a glance.

Not yet recorded here: Cooling, water, PUE and WUE · Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact · Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings.

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Facility evidence across sources

Identity

Facility ID: dcd-fac-002458 (public id fac-002458)
Unit: campus
Name source: Paducah Site AI/HPC Innovation Campus · DataCenterData reviewed record brookfield-paducah-site-ai-campus-ky
Evidence tier: reviewed

Other names

KY-C0001 registry identifier · DataCenterData reviewed record brookfield-paducah-site-ai-campus-ky

Operators and presences

1 statement(s) naming an operator or presence at this site unit, one row per source. A building with several tenants is one facility with several presence rows.

Operator of record (reviewed): Brookfield.

Operator as stated	Role	Unit	Stated by	Date
Brookfield Family: Brookfield	owner or operator (reviewed)	campus	DataCenterData reviewed record `brookfield-paducah-site-ai-campus-ky`	2026-09-13

Status by layer

Layer	Value	Date	Source
Reviewed (DCD) · verified record	proposed Status basis: The U.S. Department of Energy's July 29, 2026 announcement establishes a partnership and says Brookfield was selected to develop and operate a data center campus on portions of the Paducah Site. It does not say campus construction started, and the power-service agreement remained subject to Kentucky Public Service Commission approval. The expected 2031 completion is a forecast.	Latest source retrieval/capture date 2026-09-13	DataCenterData reviewed record `brookfield-paducah-site-ai-campus-ky`

Capacity by kind

Each row is one kind of figure from one source. Utility, generation, design, critical IT and floor-area figures measure different things; they are never summed or totalled.

Kind	Value and evidence	Scope and timing	Date	Source
Company design capacity (MW)	1800 MW Reviewed (DCD) reviewed record	campus	Latest source retrieval/capture date date not stated	DataCenterData reviewed record `brookfield-paducah-site-ai-campus-ky`

Power and cooling on record

Records are grouped by system and may describe requests or plans. A highlighted group does not prove every named component is installed or operating. Labels name the source, not a confidence rating. A part with no record here may still exist. Each part links to how it works.

1 Grid connection and substation No record found yet
2 Transformers and switchgear No record found yet
3 Backup generators No record found yet
4 Data halls and servers Reviewed record
Based on: Company design capacity (reviewed) · See the evidence
5 Cooling inside the building No record found yet
6 Heat out No record found yet
7 Water in and out No record found yet

Location

State: KY

Coordinates not published; precision is unknown-level.

Address as published by DataCenterData reviewed record brookfield-paducah-site-ai-campus-ky. No member source publishes a street address for this facility.

Facts

Quote-bound facts: each shows the value, the source address, the capture hash (first 12 characters; the full SHA-256 is in the page markup) and the capture date. The source's exact wording stays in the capture record and is not republished here; the capture hash binds it.

No quote-bound fact with a hashed capture is recorded for this facility.

Other values by layer

Field	Value	Layer and basis	Date	Source
developer	Brookfield	Reviewed (DCD) · reviewed record	Latest source retrieval/capture date date not stated	DataCenterData reviewed record `brookfield-paducah-site-ai-campus-ky`
classification.workload	ai_hpc	Reviewed (DCD) · reviewed classification	Latest source retrieval/capture date 2026-09-24	DataCenterData reviewed record `brookfield-paducah-site-ai-campus-ky`
classification.power counterparty	Jackson Purchase Energy Cooperative — Serving utility (agreement planned)	Reviewed (DCD) · reviewed classification	Latest source retrieval/capture date 2026-09-24	DataCenterData reviewed record `brookfield-paducah-site-ai-campus-ky`
classification.power source	grid_utility_service	Reviewed (DCD) · reviewed classification	Latest source retrieval/capture date 2026-09-24	DataCenterData reviewed record `brookfield-paducah-site-ai-campus-ky`

Sources for the reviewed record

These citations belong to the linked reviewed records. They do not establish every figure or present-day operating status. Publication and retrieval dates are shown separately; an unstated date remains unknown.

Energy Department Announces Partnership to Expand Reliable, Affordable Energy Access and Power America's AI Future in Western Kentucky · record brookfield-paducah-site-ai-campus-ky · published 2026-07-29 · retrieved 2026-09-13

Details still needed

34 fields in the shared profile are not established for this record. Each states why; missing information does not mean zero or absence.

Street address · not recorded for this field in the register
City · not recorded for this field in the register
County · not recorded for this field in the register
Postal code · not recorded for this field in the register
Metropolitan area · not recorded for this field in the register
Coordinates · not recorded for this field in the register
Map location precision · not recorded for this field in the register
Provider-reported status · not recorded for this field in the register
Operator-stated status · not recorded for this field in the register
Status in public records · not recorded for this field in the register
Critical IT capacity (MW) · not recorded for this field in the register
Utility capacity (MW) · not recorded for this field in the register
Requested utility capacity (MW) · not recorded for this field in the register
Reported total power (MW) · not recorded for this field in the register
Generation capacity (MW) · not recorded for this field in the register
Provider-reported capacity (MW) · not recorded for this field in the register
Floor area (sq ft) · not recorded for this field in the register
Data hall or IT floor area (sq ft) · not recorded for this field in the register
Site area · not recorded for this field in the register
Cooling redundancy · not recorded for this field in the register
UPS redundancy · not recorded for this field in the register
Backup generator redundancy · not recorded for this field in the register
Tier design rating · not recorded for this field in the register
Cooling technology · not recorded for this field in the register
Opening year or expected opening year · not recorded for this field in the register
Network presence · not recorded for this field in the register
Service · not recorded for this field in the register
Certification or compliance claims · not recorded for this field in the register
Rack density · not recorded for this field in the register
Space or power availability · not recorded for this field in the register
Specifications and facility pages · not recorded for this field in the register
Business contact · not recorded for this field in the register
Public registration · not recorded for this field in the register
Fact supported by a source quotation · not recorded for this field in the register

Jurisdiction and policy actions

Policy actions are matched to this facility by jurisdiction (state, county, municipality or utility), never by the facility's name. A match means the action covers the place, not that it names or affects this facility.

11 state-level policy actions recorded for Kentucky jurisdiction match on state KY

Updates, corrections and review

Last checked 2026-09-13

How often we re-check

We plan to re-check this facility every 90 days because it has a reviewed record whose status may still change. Next check due 2026-12-12. The last-checked date is the newest evidence date among this facility's sources. Dates are measured against the newest input date, 2026-10-18, not the day this page was built.